Finnish–English dictionary

permanto

(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.

permantopaikka

(countable) A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.

permikausi

(geology) The Permian period. [from 19th c.]

permikautinen

(geology) Pertaining to the last geologic period of the Paleozoic era; comprising the Cisuralian, Guadalupian and Lopingian epochs from about 280 to 248 million years ago. [from 19th c.]

permiläinen

(geology) Pertaining to the last geologic period of the Paleozoic era; comprising the Cisuralian, Guadalupian and Lopingian epochs from about 280 to 248 million years ago. [from 19th c.]

pernarutto

(pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.

peroksidi

(inorganic chemistry) A divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.

perovskiitti

(mineral) A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO3, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.

persaus

(slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.

perse

(slang) The buttocks.

perseennuolija

(North America, slang, vulgar) Someone who kisses ass (who acts obsequiously in order to gain another's favor).

perseenreikä

(colloquial, derogatory) Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.

Persefone

(Greek god) A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina.

persentiili

(statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.

Persia

Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.

persialainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Persia.

persian kieli

(historical, countable) A person from Persia.

persiankielinen

Of or pertaining to the Persian language.

persimoni

The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).

perso makealle

(idiomatic, only in singular) A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets.

persona non grata

A person who is not welcome, especially a diplomat in a foreign country.

personifikaatio

A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.

personoida

To adapt something to the needs or tastes of an individual.

persoona

(countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.

persoonallinen

Characteristic, typical.

persoonallisesti

In a personal manner.

persoonallisuus

(countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.

perspektiivi

A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

perspektiivikuva

The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.

persreikä

(North America, informal, mildly, vulgar, offensive, or, derogatory) An annoying, contemptible, or worthless person.

persvako

(US, mildly, _, vulgar, slang) The gluteal cleft.

PERT

(operations) Acronym of program evaluation and review technique.

Pertti

A en given name.

Perttu

A en given name of biblical origin.

pertuska

A poleaxe with a long blade that extends beyond the shaft.

pertuskamies

(obsolete) A soldier armed with such a weapon.

Peru

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.

perua

(intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do.

perua puheensa

(ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.

peruke

A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.

perukka

That which is farthest away from the front.

perulainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Peru or the Peruvian people.

peruna

A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.

perunarupi

Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies.

perus

Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.

perus-

Unable to be split or made any smaller.

perusajatus

(often, _, in the plural) A form that lacks full or complex development.

perusaste

(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.

perusasteinen

(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.

peruselintarvike

A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

perusjärki

Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

perusjoukko

(statistics) A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.

peruskallio

(geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.

peruskiven muuraus

A ceremony to mark the beginning of construction.

peruskivi

Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.

peruskorjata

(transitive) To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.

peruskorjaus

An act, or the process, of renovating.

peruskuvio

(often, _, in the plural) A form that lacks full or complex development.

peruslause

(logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).

peruslinja

(tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play.

perusluku

(math) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)

perusluonteinen

Being in the basic form; showing its essence.

perusmerkitys

(logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.

perusmuotoinen

(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.

perusneste

(archaic, or, historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.

perusoletus

A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.

perusopiskelija

A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.

perusopiskelijan

Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.

perusosa

A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

perusosanen

(now generally regarded, _, figuratively) The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something. [from 17th c.]

peruspääoma

A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.

peruspakka

(card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.

perusraaka-aine

(cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.

perussana

A word which is not compound and contains no derivational affixes (inflectional affixes are usually disregarded); a monomorphemic word.

perussävel

(music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.

perussyyt

An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.

perusta

Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

perustaa

(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

perustaa kreivikunta

(transitive) To constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires (noun sense 1.1) or counties.

perustaa pääesikunta

(US, intransitive) To establish headquarters.

perustaja

One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).

perustaja-

Who or that founds (establishes or starts) or founded.

perustaminen

The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.

perustamiskustannukset

(US, slang) The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.

perustarvike

A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

perustava

(figurative) Foundational, fundamental; supporting the structure of a morality, society, or culture.

perustavanlaatuinen

(figurative) Foundational, fundamental; supporting the structure of a morality, society, or culture.

peruste

A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.

perusteella

To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.

perusteellinen

Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.

perusteellisesti

In a thorough manner; in manner free of defect or deficiency.

perusteellisuus

The state of being thorough.

perusteet

An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.

perusteeton

Based on factually incorrect premises.

perustella

To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.

perusteltava

(of a theory, argument, etc.) capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded

perusteltavissa

That can be argued; that can be proven or strongly supported with sound logical deduction, precedent, and evidence.

perusteltu

That can be justified.

perustelu

(countable, also, figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.

perustiedot

An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.

perustietotyyppi

(programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.

perustua

(ditransitive) To derive (a work) from.

perustus

Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

perustuslain vastainen

Contrary to or violative of the constitution of a state or other sovereign institution. [18th C.]

perustuslaki

(government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.

perustuslakia säätävä

(politics, or, law) Authorized to make a constitution.

perustyökalujen kääntäminen

(computing) The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.

perusväite

(philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.

perusviiva

A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.

perusvoide

(cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.

peruttu

No longer planned or scheduled.

peruukki

A false substitute for a person's hair; a toupee or wig.

peruuttaa

(nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

peruuttaa tilaus

(intransitive) To cancel a subscription, especially to an online service.

peruuttamaton

(computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.

peruuttamattomasti

In an irreversible manner.

peruuttamattomuus

The quality of being irreversible; the lack of an ability to be reversed.

peruuttava

Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.

peruutus

the act of backtracking

peruutus-

Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.]

peruutusvaihde

The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.) [from 19th c.]

perverssi

Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.

pervertti

(dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.

pervo

(slang) A pervert.

pervoilla

(slang, usually as a phrasal verb) To act in a sexually perverted manner.

pesä

A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case

pesah

The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib 14 / Nisan 14), during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual or yearly Sabbaths).

pesäke

(pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

pesäluettelo

(operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.

pesämuna

A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.

pesänhoitaja

A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity. [from 18th c.]

pesänjakaja

(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.

pesänselvittäjä

One who liquidates.

pesäpaikka

A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.

pesäpallo

The ball used to play the sport of baseball.

pesäpönttö

A small house for birds.

peseminen

(countable) The action of the verb to wash

peseytyä

(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

pesiä

(intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.

pesijä

A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.

pesijätär

A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.

pesiminen

The process by which a bird nests.

pesin

Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.

pesintä

The process by which a bird nests.

pesiytyä

(intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.

peso

(historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.

pessaari

A small latex or silicone contraceptive device that fits over the cervix and stays in place either by suction or by surface viscosity.

pessimisti

Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

pessimistinen

Sad or pessimistic.

pestä

(money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.